{"slug": "microsoft-plans-production-boost-for-ai-chips-report-says", "title": "Microsoft Plans Production Boost for AI Chips, Report Says", "summary": "Microsoft Corp. plans to significantly increase production of its next-generation AI chips, the Information reported, citing people familiar with the situation. The company is in discussions with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to secure manufacturing capacity for over 300,000 chips for delivery in 2027, and will unveil its new Maia 300 chip this fall. Microsoft shares rose about 1.3% in New York.", "body_md": "(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. is planning to \"significantly\" increase production of its next-generation AI chips, the Information reported.\n\nMost Read from Bloomberg\n\n-\n[China Unleashes $28 Trillion Capital Markets to Challenge US in AI](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-08-09/china-bets-on-ai-stocks-as-it-races-against-us-for-chip-tech-dominance?utm_campaign=bn&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS) -\n[Iran Shakes Up Security Team After Saying Oman Deal 'Very Close'](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-09/wait-for-hormuz-deal-stretches-on-as-iran-says-terms-must-be-met?utm_campaign=bn&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS) -\n[Stocks Churn as Oil Advance Boosts Treasury Yields: Markets Wrap](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-09/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-live-updates?utm_campaign=bn&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS) -\n[Trump Amps Up Pressure on Billionaire Sargeant to Exit Venezuela](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-08/trump-amps-up-pressure-on-billionaire-sargeant-to-exit-venezuela?utm_campaign=bn&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS)\n\nThe company has been in discussions with supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to secure manufacturing capacity for over 300,000 of the chips for delivery in 2027, the technology news site reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the situation. Microsoft is preparing to unveil its new Maia 300 chip this fall, the Information said.\n\nMicrosoft's chip push started years after Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google began designing their own chips, and the Maia line is widely seen as less mature than its rivals, which are already widely used to power AI services. Anthropic PBC alone has deals to use 1 million Amazon Trainium chips and Google Tensor Processing Unit accelerators.\n\nAll three cloud-computing giants are aiming for technology that can be plugged into data centers and offer savings and other efficiencies to cloud customers. The high costs and short supply of chips from Nvidia Corp. has fueled a scramble to find alternative sources of computing power. Microsoft started rolling out Maia 200, its second-generation AI accelerator, earlier this year.\n\nA Microsoft manager declined to comment on specific production plans but said the company ultimately aimed to produce gigawatts' worth of Maia chips, the Information reported.\n\nMicrosoft shares rose about 1.3% at 9:48 a.m. in New York.\n\n(Updates with context starting in the third paragraph.)\n\nMost Read from Bloomberg Businessweek\n\n-\n[How Apple and India Built an Alternative iPhone Production Hub](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-08-05/apple-builds-iphone-production-capacity-in-india-to-hedge-its-china-risk?utm_campaign=bw&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS) -\n[Supercharged by Social Media, the GLP-1 Boom Is Warping Teen Psyches](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-08-10/youtube-tiktok-glp-1-content-has-teens-obsessing-over-their-health-bodies?utm_campaign=bw&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS) -\n[The $5 Billion Cosmetics Company Behind the High-Flying Rhode Brand](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-08-07/hailey-bieber-founded-rhode-helps-power-e-l-f-beauty-to-5-billion-empire?utm_campaign=bw&utm_medium=distro&utm_source=yahooUS)\n\n©2026 Bloomberg L.P.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-plans-production-boost-for-ai-chips-report-says", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-plans-production-boost-ai-135551218.html", "published_at": "2026-08-10 13:55:51+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-10 14:39:35.839771+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-chips", "ai-infrastructure", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Microsoft Corp.", "Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.", "Amazon.com Inc.", "Alphabet Inc.", "Anthropic PBC", "Nvidia Corp.", "Maia 300", "Maia 200"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-plans-production-boost-for-ai-chips-report-says", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-plans-production-boost-for-ai-chips-report-says.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-plans-production-boost-for-ai-chips-report-says.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-plans-production-boost-for-ai-chips-report-says.jsonld"}}